45-year-old Pervert, collapses on camera when confronted by vigilantes instead of the 14-year-old girl he thought he'd been grooming on the internet

David Hanson passed out during meeting with Dark Justice in Newcastle
Thought he would be meeting 'Amanda' after contacting profile on Badoo
He had been exchanging explicit messages in days before the meeting
But it was organised by group and he has now received community order

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A pervert collapsed live on camera when he turned up to meet a 14-year-old girl he had been grooming online - but was instead confronted by a vigilante group.

David Hanson, 45, from Benwell, Newcastle, passed out when he realised that the girl he believed he had been communicating with was in fact online paedophile hunters Dark Justice.

Hanson - who has since lost his job and his home - had been exchanging explicit messages in the days before the meeting, which he attended with a rucksack containing a toothbrush, toothpaste and condoms.

Newcastle Crown Court was told by prosecutor Anne Richardson how Hanson contacted the fake profile of an 18-year-old girl called Amanda set up by Dark Justice on dating website Badoo.

On July 17 last year Dark Justice got a notification that Amanda had received a message from Hanson, who had boasted about having a job as a football referee and said that killer Raoul Moat was his ‘hero’.

Miss Richardson said how the vigilante group had replied as Amanda and told Hanson she had lied about her age and was 14 years old.

Hanson exchanged mobile numbers with Amanda so they could communicate on What's App, and between July 18 to 21, there were 750 messages passed between them.

What's App conversation: Hanson (left, outside Newcastle Crown Court last year) - who has since lost his job and his home - had been exchanging explicit messages (right) in the days before the meeting

They made arrangements to meet on July 21 at the Centre for Life in Newcastle before going back to Amanda's house where Hanson would stay overnight as her parents were away.

They spoke of having a cuddle and touching one another and Hanson told Amanda she ‘would be happy by the end of the night’.

Miss Richardson told the court: ‘They (Dark Justice) spotted the defendant and contacted the police. Both told him they were from Dark Justice. The defendant said: “I wasn't going to have sex with her”.

‘He said he felt sick and looked as if he was going to faint. He asked to join Dark Justice as he agreed with what they were doing. He repeatedly said he was sorry, he had been stupid.’

Video: Hansen collapsed live on camera when he turned up to meet a girl he had been grooming online

Hanson, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming.

Grooming: The court heard how Hansen lost both parents within a short period of time in 2013

The Recorder of Newcastle, Paul Sloan QC told Hanson: ‘You were immediately informed that Amanda was a 14-year-old. She kept telling you she was only 14.

‘That didn't deter you, you then exchanged mobile numbers and communicated on What's App. When you arrived you were confronted by Dark Justice, it was clear you were shocked when confronted.’

The court heard how Hansen lost both parents within a short period of time in 2013.

Judge Sloan told him: ‘It seems you have lived a lonely, isolated existence since that time. You have lost everything including your job and your home. It's clear you are ashamed.’

Judge Sloan sentenced Hanson to a three-year community order and he was given a sexual harm prevention order.

Speaking after an earlier hearing, a Dark Justice member said: ‘His eyes rolled back and he just went straight to the ground.

‘We confronted him in the same way we do all our cases, there's no aggression or anything.

‘We just revealed who we were and he passed out. We prepare ourselves for all sorts of outcomes at these meetings but we certainly weren't expecting that.’

DARK JUSTICE TO MAKE TV APPEARANCE FOLLOWING COURT EVIDENCE

Dark Justice are set to appear on This Morning tomorrow to talk about having to give evidence against one of the perverts they snared.

The vigilantes were unmasked in court for the very first time after Daniel Morris pleaded not guilty to attempting to meet a child under 16 following sexual grooming.

Morris, 36, of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, had turned up to a meeting almost 400 miles away from his home with what he believed was a 15-year-old girl but was confronted on camera by the group.

Caught: Daniel Morris travelled 400 miles to meet who he believed was a 15-year-old girl he had groomed online. He was outed by paedophile hunters, who confronted him (left), and was later jailed for two years after the hunters handed police dozens of messages (right) he had sent the girl

Dark Justice had a file of chatlogs, containing highly explicit sexual photographs and messages, as well as footage of the meeting in Newcastle last September, which they handed over to the police.

But despite the evidence against Morris, who had told the underage decoy he was a ‘firearms sergeant’ and sent convincing photographs to back up his claim, he denied any wrongdoing.

He claimed during a trial at Newcastle Crown Court that he must have been set up and was no longer in possession of the phone being used to speak to the schoolgirl.

Morris' denials meant the group had to give evidence against him in court as prosecution witnesses. He was found guilty and jailed for two years.

The 36-year-old (left) told his 'victim' he was a 'firearms sergeant' before travelling from Devon to Newcastle to meet her. In messages, he can be seen asking the 'girl' if she wants to meet up on various occasions